windows xp

Does anybody know how to covert drive to fat32

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Why would you want to do that? Do you mean NTFS?

I belieive Partition magic 7 or above can convert an NTFS partition to FAT32

Yes partition magic can convert NTFS to Fat32 or vice versa.
You can also work with Fat, Linux Ext2/Swap & (Novell) Netware.
You can resize, move partitions and change cluster size also...
- there is a new version of Partition Magic out now too v8.

And - yeah, why would you need to do that?

When you're setting up Win2K or XP, there is an option in the installation that allows you to choose your file system (Fat32 or NTFS) - NTFS is a better all-around filesystem for most things, but realize that an NTFS under most circumstances will be invisable in DOS, and is harder to work with in Linux (R/O) in Linux.
It is more secure, but if you have an OS problem, it can be harder to fix if your OS won't boot.

yes and it goes very fast

LONG LIVE FAT32!

Why would you want to do that, Fat32 has a lot of problems, especialy with todays modern hdd's - NTFS, is a far superiour file system

Originally posted by theARTISAN
When you're setting up Win2K or XP, there is an option in the installation that allows you to choose your file system (Fat32 or NTFS) - NTFS is a better all-around filesystem for most things, but realize that an NTFS under most circumstances will be invisable in DOS, and is harder to work with in Linux (R/O) in Linux.
It is more secure, but if you have an OS problem, it can be harder to fix if your OS won't boot.

MDK9 is capeable of reading NTFS. I haven't tried it out yet to verify this.

I really do think NTFS may be better, but Fat32 is more common, and yes, NTFS can give you problems if you need to work in DOS or another less complex OS to fix your main OS. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

FAT32 may be more common however support for WIN98 is all but gone with windows ME soon to follow. How much longer do you plan to hold on to fat32.

NTFS is much slower than FAT32.

Hmmm... I used to know how. Ill have to get back to this one.

NTFS is a more efficient file system and I have never heard it being slower than FAT32. Any thoughts on this I would appreciate.

He might want to get at the hd from another operating system that does not support ntfs, eg 98, 95, linux etc...